Massachusetts – Words of War

February 22, 2017May 22, 2017

Aunt Marcia – Family Vol. 4

My heart is breaking, but it’s not just for me. It is breaking for my mother’s brother Ken Viard, for Ken’s children Melissa and Carl (with whom, at some relatively minor physical distance, I grew up), for Melissa’s husband Jeff and Carl’s wife Agnes, and for all those who love Marcia Leete Worthen Viard, who, on Feb 22, 2017, passed into what awaits us all. Continue reading “Aunt Marcia – Family Vol. 4”

July 6, 2016March 24, 2020

Blueberries for John

The pond, from which the home was named Pond House. Looking toward the Elizabeths.

“Once at least in the life of every human,” MFK Fisher writes in Serve it Forth, “whether he be brute or trembling daffodil, comes a moment of complete gastronomic satisfaction.”

You can find mine under “Maine Blueberry Pudding” on Page 344 of the Tenth Edition of The Fannie Merritt Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook. Continue reading “Blueberries for John”